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Public defender. Professional troublemaker. Burrito and word game enthusiast.

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Stephen Judkins's avatar Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social
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It is amazing how much progress we have made and how much more progress we can make! Things used to look so much worse.

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Maybe arrest/incarceration/serious illness between the election and electoral college? (I mean for a normal, non-Trump candidate.)

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I know no one wants to give the Times money right now but um

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Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off)'s avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off) @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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Lenacapavir did so well at preventing HIV infection that it hit the threshold where the only ethical thing to do was stop the randomized trial and immediately offer it to literally every participant. That's huge news. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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I am so sorry this has been your experience. People can be terribly cruel, and you don't deserve it.

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Note that the "anchor babies" he wants to deport are, by definition, birthright US citizens.

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My brain is now singing “furry hackers” to the tune of “Rubber Ducky”

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Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױס's avatar Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױס @tikkunolamunist.bsky.social
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From the Mishnah (Pirkei Avos), one of my favorite Jewish quotes.

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Erin Fogg's avatar Erin Fogg @criminalerin.bsky.social
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This headline is dishonest. After being punched in the face by a cop for trying to comfort her father as their family's house burned down, she was also charged with a felony.

www.foxla.com/news/woman-t...

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Indivisible's avatar Indivisible @indivisibleguide.bsky.social
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Today, Senate Democrats tried to pass the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act, a bill calling for codifying protections from Roe v. Wade into federal law. And yet again, Republicans blocked Democrats' attempt to protect our reproductive freedom.

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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My kid spent 11 days in the NICU, which cost around $60k. Insurance covered most of it. We were very, very lucky (and post-ACA).

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Athul K. Acharya's avatar Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc
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Me drafting: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck. Me editing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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I’ve had a couple of apparently legit text message polls (for like the city council primary, not the presidential race), and a lot of “polls” trying to get me to donate money

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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I answer the phone and so does my partner, which meant that we were wildly overrepresented in polling four years ago. They haven’t called me yet this time around.

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Gotta be a disadvantage to be the challenger; I have still lost 100% of my challenges and won 100% of the time I've been challenged

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I'm challenging you as another data point

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I really hope that the algorithm is not just that the challenger loses, but so far I don't have a counterexample

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Have any of you won a duel that you initiated? (On Bluesky, that is--I don't need to know about your non-Bluesky dueling activity.)

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Lol still winning 100% of the ones other people initiate. That can't always be true, can it?

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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I just posted in the other thread--so far I've only won when someone else initiates the duel!

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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So far I am 0/2 on duels I've initiated and 2/2 on duels other people have initiated. I need more people to challenge me to see if this keeps up.

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I keep losing these stupid things!

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Obligatory to point out that New Mexico's flag is great

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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I didn't know this--why did they endorse PR statehood? (I think it's a good idea; I'm just skeptical of their motives.)

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I'm sure I've seen this cartoon somewhere

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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Look, I will defend all the law-breaking in court, the Sixth Amendment is great, but that doesn't mean breaking the law is generally a good thing to do

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What are you all up to? I'm stress-eating an enormous bowl of bibimbap

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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And I was trying to turn Quixote into an adjective, except it already is one, and "quixotic" is not the word I'd use for the ex-president

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There's a Don Quixote joke on the tip of my tongue but I can't quite make it work

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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All of Trump's grievances are from like the 1990s. It's like airports, toilets, and showerheads

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Cait's avatar Cait @caitesq.bsky.social
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Wouldn't be bad to call your rep and tell him/her that you support this

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